Lizzie

Aurora australis: southern lights to be visible across large parts of Australia amid severe solar storm Lights may be enjoyed from Tasmania and New Zealand, experts say, but also as far north as Sydney and Perth Skywatchers may be treated to a celestial delight on Wednesday evening, with a severe solar storm making it possible to view the southern lights across large parts of Australia – possibly including Sydney and Perth. An intense geomagnetic storm, caused by several powerful bursts of energy from the sun, has led the Bureau of Meteorology’s space weather forecasting centre to issue an aurora alert for “mid to southern parts of Australia”. Continue reading...

Aurora australis: southern lights to be visible across large parts of Australia amid severe solar storm

Getting a free ACDC concert at my place, Back in Black sounding LOUD as it should.

3 Radiohead Kid A
2 Fatboy Slim halfway...
1 PJ Harvey Stories from...

Glad I went out for a walk through the city tonight.

No...stay in bed and read, perfect weather for it.

I hate football

You can't go wrong with that.

Oooh, fun.
3 Sigur Ros
2 Beyonce
1 The ting tings

I had to be ruthless and it HURT

3 The Joshua Tree
1 The Swing
1 Let's dance
1 Duran Duran

What a cracking decade of music.

None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"

Poorly Drawn Arsenal I have questionable artistic skills and a love of Arsenal. Here is where I combine the two.

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a graphic showing the pantone numbers for the two core colors of the toronto blue jays. they are skydome blue (pantone 293) and Stieb Navy (pantone 282)

a hat and canvas tote with the pantone number for Dodger Blue (294 C)

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

11 This is Spinal Tap...

But seriously, 1 vote each to the following;
Purple Rain
The Swing
Welcome to the Pleasure Done
This is Spinal Tap
Like a Virgin
Make it Big

A House of Dynamite
- Netflix

A fascinating depiction of policies and procedures and decision-making in a practical context - with very human individuals.

One of the best films I have seen about how those in power would act in a crisis.

4.5/5

3 The Joshua Tree
2 Kick
1 Appetite for destruction

Not a hard decision in the end. The Joshua Tree is one of the greatest albums of all time. Love, love, love it.

Glad I came home. Crazy stuff.

And now, after the rains.
#melbourneweather

Melbourne CBD, blue skies above, some dark clouds in the distance.

Melbourne CBD with very dark clouds above it.

The view from my balcony of torrential rain obscuring the view of Richmond Hill. It's almost a white out.

A story in three photos... Before the walk; ending the walk as I checked the rain radar; safely home where Bridge Rd has vanished.

If one gets made, it will come from outside the US. To be honest, I don't think any of the entertainment conglomerates have the balls now.

Couldn't...he couldn't reach for the codes fast enough.

So does the Bug.

Can't think of any, but while watching HoD, all I could think was freak, what if this happened while he was President?? He could reach for the codes fast enough...

All the gambling ad bullshit during the cricket coverage is enraging, the shit should have been banned already.

3 Rio
2 Shabooh Shoobah
1 Avalon

What a tough choice, as always. Except my number one. A ride or die of an album.

Soft-hued illustration from an identification guide, showing a cluster of the plants and fruit that can be found in October, including apple and bulrush

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
Shell Guide: Flowers of the Countryside. ‘October’
Artists: Edith Hilder
Rowland Hilder

My darling cat Bug, a cream tortoiseshell cat, asleep in a diving pose that is a forward tuck with a large degree of difficulty.

I'm sorry... Here's my work colleague, Bug, to cheer you up a smidge. Take care.

3 Listen like thieves
2 out of mind out Of sight
1 slave to the rhythm (essential hangover soundtrack back in the day)

BoM issues a pug walking weather alert

Wind is starting to pick up in Melbourne... Should have gone out at lunchtime and done chores.

A picture of a foggy street

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage